Vila Madalena - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Located on the west of Sao Paulo, Vila Madalena offers visitors a vibrant nightlife, lively markets, unique craft stores and ample opportunities to hear authentic Brazilian music.

Pedro Pugliese: Welcome to Vila Madalena one of the funkiest neighborhoods of Sao Paulo. This is located in West side of town and it is well known by its night life, clubs, bars and a variety of places to meet young and outgoing people. So, this is one of the allies that you find here in Vila Madalena. This was created by a social project that took children out of the streets and turned them into artists. Let us check it out. If it is not the only art expression that you find here in Vila Madalena, there are also open air markets, art galleries, secondhand shops and all great places to enjoy authentic Brazilian music while having a great cold beer. Now I will meet my friends to show you the best in Vila Madalena. This is the Xiclet House one of the many art galleries that are around; this is different because it is a sort of an alternative art gallery. This exhibition and all are spicy things which you can see around here; alternative and spicy. Xiclet gallery is an interesting place because it is an open house and artists can just pop up here, show their work and exhibit. [Non English 1:28- 1:40]. Ana Leonardo: We are here at Venice. It is an open market that has been ever to sest to in the East Sao Paulo and where people get together to meet friends, go shopping eat good meal and listen to authentic Brazilian music. You can find furniture, old records and handcrafted items. Look how nice you can even find a mask shop here. You have masks for carnival. I have to choose one for next year's carnival, may be this one? Does it look good? It is the heart of the market. This group is playing sertanejo. It is Brazilian rhythm and it is played by experienced people who know what they are doing. The best thing to do here in this market in my opinion is to come here, drink a cold beer, enjoy the sound and just chill out. Frederico Guerini: Hello! Everybody, today we are in Reliquia store. Here we sell decoration pieces of traditional Brazilian craft tools. Let us take a look. Let me show you this. A very interesting piece here in the store. The artist who made this piece shaped in a match. It is a very certain form of art and a very dedicated piece as you can see that is the result. Hey people I can not let you leave without showing this. Here in my hands I have the most popular drink here in Brazil. It is the Kashasa. Here let me show you more. It is a very strong drink and that can get you hot.